Ringbearer8 Vocabulary Chapter 8

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abnormal

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not usual, not typical, strange

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capsize

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to turn bottom side up, upset

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catastrophe

Back 3

a large scale disaster,misfortune, or failure

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decrease

Back 4

(v.) to become or make less; (n.) a lessoning

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disputatious

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inclined to argue or debate

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eject

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to drive or throw out

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flourish

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(v.) to grow, thrive, be prosperous, to wave in the air; (n.) a dramatic, gesture; a fanfare of horns

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incentive

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a reason for doing something; something that stimulates action

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insubordinate

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disobedient, rebellious

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legible

Back 10

easily read

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nub

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the central point or heart of a matter, a knob

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onslaught

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a violent attack; a sudden rush of something

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ordain

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to establish by law; to order or command; to appoint as a priest or minister; to destine

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outstrip

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to get ahead of, do better than, exeed

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pervade

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to spread throughout

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purdent

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cautious, careful, showing good sense

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quench

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to put out, extinguish, end

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remnant

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a small part remaining behind

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simultaneous

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happening or existing at the same time

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swerve

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(v.) to turn aside sharply;

(n.) a sharp or sudden turn

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synonym for abnormal

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freekish, un-natural, irregular, anomalous

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synonym for capsize

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overturn, upend, tip over

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synonym for catastrophe

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calamity, tragedy, cataclysm

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synonym for decrease

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lessen, reduce, dwindle, diminish

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synonym for disputatious

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argumentative, contemptuous, quarellsome

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synonym for eject

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oust, expel, kick out

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synonym for flourish

Back 27

prosper, burgeon, increase

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synonym for incentive

Back 28

stimulous, spur, motive, inducement

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synonym for insubordinate

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defiant, unruly, mutinous

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synonym for legible

Back 30

readable, clear, decipherable

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synonym for nub

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core, center, nucleus, kernel

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synonym for onslaught

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assault, charge, onset, foray

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synonym for ordain

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anoint, enact, decree, concecrate

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synonym for outstrip

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outdo, outperform, outdistance, surpase

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synonym for pervade

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saturate, permeate, diffuse, imbue

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synonym for prudent

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wary, sensible, judicious

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synonym for quench

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douce, stifle, slake

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synonym for remnant

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remainder, residue, fragment, leftover

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synonym for simultaneous

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occurring at the same time, concurrent

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synonym for swerve

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veer, digress, sheer off

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Antonyms for abnormal

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normal, usual, regular, typical

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Antonyms for capsize

Back 42

remain upright

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Antonyms for catastrophe

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Triumph, victory, success

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Antonyms for decrease

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Increase, grow, develop, wax

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Antonyms for disputatious

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Non-argumentative, peaceable, Pacific

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Antonyms for eject

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Admit, let in, insert

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Antonyms for flourish

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Whether, die, Faye, shrivel up

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Antonyms for incentive

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Curb, check, restraint, hindrance

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Antonyms for insubordinate

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Obedient, submissive, Docile, tractable

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Antonyms for legible

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Unreadable, undecipherable

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Antonyms for nub

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Fringe, edge, periphery

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Antonyms for ordain

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Forbid, veto , cancel

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Antonyms for outstrip

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Trail, lag behind

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Antonyms for prudent

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Foolish, unwise, rash, reckless

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Antonyms for quench

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Ignight, kindle

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Antonyms for simultaneous

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Occurring at different times